Is anyone else noticing a drop in escort pricing?

[+ SidewaysDM]

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1 hour ago, Mark_fl said:

4.hours seems like an awful lot, but if the last two hours are $100 each, I'd feel silly not taking them.. maybe a 2 hour rest in the middle would work out well.

I think that plan could work well for me, as well! It’s definitely worth the 4 hours of your time! This provider is a top, and has amazing energy and stamina! So he would be doing the hard work! 

[+ SidewaysDM]

1 minute ago, Braziliancutee said:

Lol good luck guys. Curios to see what type of guy charge that. 

He is an extremely attractive, handsome, well equipped Latin man! He has 100 5 star reviews on RM and has all great reviews on The Company of Men! He is one of the sweetest, nicest and friendliest providers available! 

[+ SidewaysDM]

1 minute ago, Braziliancutee said:

Who??? I didn’t found his link 

I am not providing his link. This is a private sale for his regular clients. It ends very soon. The provider rates that are dropping is topic of this thread. Let’s please try and get back to that discussion. Thank You. 

[+ SidewaysDM]

5 minutes ago, Braziliancutee said:

Lol I wanted to see how he looks like and how old is he. I am so sorry guys but u are very wrong about the prices. Thanks good has a lot clients who doesn’t think like you. And me and more 95% of the guys will still charging the right prices.

You are so sure of yourself. I am amazed that a twenty something who has only been escorting for a short time, has so much knowledge on what every other provider in every part of the country should be charging for their services? And frankly, your condescending and arrogant attitude about the age and looks of the provider, seem to be quite judgmental. Please show some honor and respect for your fellow escorts. 

[+ SidewaysDM]

15 minutes ago, Braziliancutee said:

I am actually fighting for all the other escorts. It’s not fair to pay so less and u know that is true.

I understand your point. You can charge a rate that works for you.  Other escorts do have the right to charge a fee, that maybe less than yours, for a number of reasons. In a highly competitive market, with cost of living costs soaring, and the economy faltering, providers will need to be willing to adjust their rates to accommodate and retain their clients. That is an economic reality, for providers and clients. 

[Braziliancutee]

5 minutes ago, SidewaysDM said:

I understand your point. You can charge a rate that works for you.  Other escorts do have the right to charge a fee, that maybe less than yours, for a number of reasons. In a highly competitive market, with cost of living costs soaring, and the economy faltering, providers will need to be willing to adjust their rates to accommodate and retain their clients. That is an economic reality, for providers and clients. 

Yeah the currently situation is the price of everything is getting more high. Hotels, food, Ubers. Everything stay more expansive along the years with the inflation. Even the minimum salary grow up with the time and our hour we need to charge less!?

sorry doesn’t make sense what are u saying. This is a work too and u need to respect us. 

[+ SidewaysDM]

1 minute ago, Braziliancutee said:

Yeah the currently situation is the price of everything is getting more high. Hotels, food, Ubers. Everything stay more expansive along the years with the inflation. Even the minimum salary grow up with the time and our hour we need to charge less!?

sorry doesn’t make sense what are u saying. This is a work too and u need to respect us. 

I do respect you and your profession. I realize your normal expenses for hotels, food, transportation are rising considerably. So, you have the right to charge a fee that covers all your expenses and makes a good profit for yourself. But, you have to realize that your clients living costs are rising just as much. So, some of your clients may have to cut back on their discretionary spending. Because I am retired, I will not be able to hire an escort as often. As the economy slows, more clients will be cutting back. So, providers might need to adjust their rates, to retain their regular clientele. It is an economic reality. This does not mean that I do not respect or appreciate my providers.  Frankly, I have given them very generous gifts, tips on a regular basis. I consider these men my friends. I am extremely fond of them! Please do NOT accuse me of being disrespectful to my providers! 

[Braziliancutee]

16 minutes ago, SidewaysDM said:

I do respect you and your profession. I realize your normal expenses for hotels, food, transportation are rising considerably. So, you have the right to charge a fee that covers all your expenses and makes a good profit for yourself. But, you have to realize that your clients living costs are rising just as much. So, some of your clients may have to cut back on their discretionary spending. Because I am retired, I will not be able to hire an escort as often. As the economy slows, more clients will be cutting back. So, providers might need to adjust their rates, to retain their regular clientele. It is an economic reality. This does not mean that I do not respect or appreciate my providers.  Frankly, I have given them very generous gifts, tips on a regular basis. I consider these men my friends. I am extremely fond of them! Please do NOT accuse me of being disrespectful to my providers! 

Yeah but u was saying u considered right to charge 100 per hour… and now u are saying u gave tips and gifts? I am lost 

[+ SidewaysDM]

37 minutes ago, Braziliancutee said:

Yeah but u was saying u considered right to charge 100 per hour… and now u are saying u gave tips and gifts? I am lost 

We will never be in agreement on this matter. I cannot continue this conversation. We have gotten off the original question, once again. I apologize for not staying on point. 

[Aedo]

I'm not seeing this drop in pricing.

What I have seen is that those for whom this is a side hustle charge less, and those for whom it is a livelihood who travel charge far more. I don't think that LA and NY and Miami providers realize that incomes in those areas are far higher than everywhere else in the US, and so they look foolish for trying to charge the same as they would in their home cities. Someone I was considering hiring in November complained to me, after I turned him down for being more expensive than I was willing to pay, that he had hardly made any money during his stay in Texas because he hadn't met many clients. I told him if his rate were $250/hr instead of $350/hr, he likely would have gotten clients. That's just one anecdote though.

There is a guy who lives in Houston who charges $350/hr (although, fortunately, he was liberal with the time, and didn't ask for more even though our session was longer than an hour). He must have been having trouble finding clients, as he has asked me every other month if I would like to see him again. I would happily see him a few times per year if he charged less, but I never broach that subject (probably because I deem him one of the very few worthy of that price, and would indulge were I wealthier). Perhaps I will shoot him a message mentioning that to him.

I will continue to eye with suspicion those traveling from LA, NY, or Miami. I wonder if those markets are now oversaturated, and so they're trying to make up the difference by visiting Texas or Chicago. 

Broadly speaking, the decrease in illegal immigration will put upward pressure on provider prices, but the economy being bad for the poor and middle classes will likely create new providers, which will put downward pressure on prices. The economy hasn't died yet, but if and when it does, I suspect that doctors will once again garner an hourly wage greater than that of NY and LA escorts. 

I just hope that some of these guys are putting their money into the stock market and aren't living in complete frivolity. Not only will the economy have a recession at some point, but the professional path they have chosen has a shelf life, unless they manage to be the Joe Flacco or Philip Rivers of escorting. I feel that way about my own profession, so I put about 40% of my income into the markets/treasuries, as I don't think I can do what I do forever, and so I have to watch myself and my spending. 

[Mark_fl]

Sounds like a failure to understand economics. If the economy goes bad, fewer will be able to afford services. Current providers would have to either be ok with fewer bookings, or lower the price. If the economy is bad enough that many others go into this line of work, competition for fewer dollars might drop the prices more.

Conversely, if there are fewer providers, those still working can raise their rates. 

It's not an insult or an accusation.  It's simple economics. Not sure why everyone is so angry about it.

[pubic_assistance]

32 minutes ago, Braziliancutee said:

... I am not just a escort I am a lawyer as well and I know what I am talking. 

Generally speaking an actual lawyer doesnt base all his arguments on anecdotal evidence...so I find this claim to be suspect.

Confidence is sometimes attractive but don't confuse cockiness for confidence as an admirable trait. 

[+ KensingtonHomo]

13 minutes ago, Braziliancutee said:

U need to accept the price will not go down and that’s the reality.

I'm all for people advocating for themselves and their profession, but you're moving into delusional territory. I suspect it's because you're young. But as the economy contracts and the cost of living rises, hiring is likely to be one of the first areas people will pull back on. We've cut back a bit, not just on hiring, but also in planning our vacations for this year. It's partly due to rising costs and partly because we want to remain debt-free (except for our mortgage). When fewer people are willing to purchase a service, providers either reduce prices or go out of business. This is particularly true of non-essential services. 

Plus, given how bad the job market is, particularly for people in their 20s, we will likely see more guys entering the market, which will increase supply. So, greater supply plus fewer customers (or less frequent customers) is a recipe for prices to drop.

In fact, today I got quoted $300 an hour from an extremely attractive, well-reviewed escort in NYC. 

Your allusions to people who don't want to pay $500 plus Uber rides, being "cheap" or "poor retirees," are obnoxious. People are making choices based on their interests. If my husband and I want to go on three vacations this year, we'll hire fewer providers. And if providers increase their rates, we'll hire even fewer.  And we're never paying for Ubers because we take the subway. We're happy to make a nominal deposit to prove we're real. 

[Mark_fl]

18 minutes ago, Braziliancutee said:

The annual inflation rate in the US rose to 3% in September 2025, the highest since January, up from 2.9%. 
 

and u guys think we need to charge less?

You are clearly just looking at this from one side. Sure, inflation causes prices to go up.  But many of the restaurants you spoke of went out of business. Others lowered prices. McDonalds brought back lower value meals. Chili's has thrived because of $11 meals.

Sure, higher end restaurants, like providers, may be able to just up prices and survive, to think that model works for everyone is naive.

[Braziliancutee]

Just now, Mark_fl said:

You are clearly just looking at this from one side. Sure, inflation causes prices to go up.  But many of the restaurants you spoke of went out of business. Others lowered prices. McDonalds brought back lower value meals. Chili's has thrived because of $11 meals.

Sure, higher end restaurants, like providers, may be able to just up prices and survive, to think that model works for everyone is naive.

Who will eat McDonald and will stay hot? I believe u don’t want hire a fat guy right!?

[+ KensingtonHomo]

34 minutes ago, Braziliancutee said:

Yeah sure the price of restaurants and food in the supermarket is not going down… I don’t think the economy is so so bad right now. 
I think u guys want to hire a escort for the price of a cheap dinner. 
If I had to charge that price (100 per 1h) I never would do escort and me and more 4773 younger guys would stop to do that. You guys need to think about that 

You went to law school in Brazil and then came here to be an escort. I suspect you're quite aware of the economy, or you'd be doing legal work in your home country. Or you'd have come here to be a lawyer. 

Also, $100 per person or even a couple isn't a "cheap dinner." It's a fairly normal price for two people at a nice (not luxurious) restaurant in most parts of Brooklyn (assuming you don't drink). 

I sense that you (and some percentage of the younger guys in the business) do this because you want to live a luxurious lifestyle. You cannot afford that with entry-level legal work, so you turn to escorting. That's great if you can make it work, but in the time of a contracting economy, legal services may be essential, whereas sex work isn't. 

[+ KensingtonHomo]

7 minutes ago, Braziliancutee said:

I don’t think we can stay in that job for so much time. I believe till 35 is ok after is not.

This one cracked me up. We mostly hire guys 35 and over. Some of our favorite regular providers are in their 40s. 

[Mark_fl]

8 minutes ago, Braziliancutee said:

Who will eat McDonald and will stay hot? I believe u don’t want hire a fat guy right!?

You clearly missed the point. The point was that even in this economy,  sometimes prices have to come down. I didn't think it was that difficult a topic. Where did I suggest providers should start eating at McDonald's?!

[Braziliancutee]

2 minutes ago, Mark_fl said:

You clearly missed the point. The point was that even in this economy,  sometimes prices have to come down. I didn't think it was that difficult a topic. Where did I suggest providers should start eating at McDonald's?!

Yeah the economy. But if u are escort u can’t eat McDonalds u need to spent with healthy food that’s the point 

[Mark_fl]

I am beginning to understand the choice to leave law.

[pubic_assistance]

3 hours ago, KensingtonHomo said:

Also, $100 per person or even a couple isn't a "cheap dinner." It's a fairly normal price for two people at a nice (not luxurious) restaurant in most parts of Brooklyn (assuming you don't drink). 

$ 100 per person is moderately expensive for MANHATTAN, and my wife and I DO drink. Generally speaking, we spend $ 75 per person including a glass of wine for each.  There are a lot of Brazilians (our young friend included) who see the luxury lifestyle and think they "deserve" it, so they pretend they are part of that lifestyle, and seek out gentlemen with thick wallets and desperate personalities. I know of a few Instagram models who have found themselves a rich sugar daddy, after selling their hole for a year or two. So it IS attainable (for a period) for some of the special guys who offer an experience to be with an exceptionally attractive model. I think @Braziliancutee is confusing THIS business model with the standard industry expectations of charging $ 300 to cum in their ass with a bunch of clients weekly, so they can pay their $ 3500 rent on a studio in Hells Kitchen, and eat out at Five Guys.

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[CuriousByNature]

3 hours ago, Braziliancutee said:

Who will eat McDonald and will stay hot? I believe u don’t want hire a fat guy right!?

As long as he shares his fries with me, I would be okay with it.  LOL

To bring things back to the original question, and the apparent drop in donation amounts.  Last night I found myself in a situation where a very desirable (to me) provider, PAID ME for my time.  It was amazing.  Such a connection.  And it seemed to last for hours and hours.  But then I woke up.

Edited 10 hours ago by CuriousByNature

[+ JamesB]

This topic comes up every so often, so here’s my take.

I don’t really share the gloomy view of the economy. In 2025, the U.S. economy showed solid resilience and growth, and for 2026 I’m expecting more moderate but still steady expansion. I’m sure this varies by market, and I understand that those living on only fixed incomes may see things differently.

As for provider rates, I don’t see them declining overall, nor do I expect them to. Historically, that simply hasn’t been the case. What I have noticed is a wider range of rates than usual, and I don’t have a clear explanation for that. I’ve also started seeing more discounts, which at least in my local market is fairly typical at the start of the year and again during the summer.

I’ve also observed an increase in the number of providers over the past six months, though in my area most of those are traveling providers. As things stand, this “drop in rates” feels more like wishful thinking than an actual trend.

As always, this is just my opinion, and it’s worth exactly what you paid for it.

[CuriousByNature]

I'm confused by the back and forth on this issue.  I have never met with anyone, but I understand that donation amounts have increased in most places, especially since the pandemic.  And the cost of living has gone up in many places as well.  So it is understandable that donation amounts would also increase - providers can command whatever donation amount a client is willing to pay. 

However, affordability has generally decreased across a wide range of goods and services, and many people seem to be feeling the crunch of their income not growing at the same pace as the cost of living.  I assume that is the primary problem here. 

Things like meeting with providers has probably become less and less affordable for a lot of people, but that doesn't mean a provider needs to reduce their requested donation for their time.  If their donation amount is too high, they won't get enough business to justify the amount, and they may need to lower the amount being requested.  Simple economics. 

But there are still many clients in high income brackets who can afford to meet with anyone and at any cost, and these individuals will continue to support the higher donation amounts that providers request.  

It ultimately doesn't matter whether or not someone can survive on a middle income in Brazil or elsewhere.  What matters is that affordability pressures in the US and Canada have reduced the ability for many people to access time with providers.  It isn't the providers' fault - it's that the present economy has concentrated relative wealth in a smaller and smaller group of clients. 

[Danny-Darko]

1 hour ago, Braziliancutee said:

I am still waiting u answer me about if u could live with the salary from the middle class of Brazil 

MANY of us on this board have or do travel to Brazil precisely to meet men like yourself. Life is MUCH cheaper in Brazil, and we all do what we need to do to survive. If your present city is too expensive for you, you can always leave and move somewhere else. I went a few decades ago from renting in The Castro in San Francisco to being a homeowner in a small city in Florida. For me a certain level of stability was more important than living in a gayborhood in SF and life in California. Believe it or not, somehow "Garotos" in Brazil survive on the equivalent of $35 per foreigner (less for locals) at the saunas! Yes, you would have to compete among your own, but that's life! The market is saturated here and there will always be an endless flow of young men getting in and out of the business for a variety of reasons. 

Edited 8 hours ago by Danny-Darko